Diocese_of_Ramsbury

Bishop of Ramsbury (ancient)

Bishop of Ramsbury (ancient)

Former episcopal title used by medieval English-Catholic diocesan bishops


The Bishop of Ramsbury was an episcopal title used by medieval English-Catholic diocesan bishops in the Anglo-Saxon English church. The title takes its name from the village of Ramsbury in Wiltshire, and was first used in the 10th and 11th centuries by the Anglo-Saxon Bishops of Ramsbury. In Saxon times, Ramsbury was an important location for the Church, and several of the early bishops went on to become Archbishops of Canterbury.

The ancient bishopric of Ramsbury was created in 909 by Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury, as part of a division of the two West Saxon bishoprics into five smaller ones. Wiltshire and Berkshire were taken from the bishopric of Winchester to form the new diocese of Ramsbury.[1] It was occasionally referred to as the bishopric of Ramsbury and Sonning. In 1058 it was joined with the bishopric of Sherborne to form the diocese of Sarum (Salisbury), and the see was translated to Old Sarum in 1075.

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Modern titles

Since 1974 the Bishop of Ramsbury is a suffragan see of the Diocese of Salisbury. There is also a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church, namely Bishop of Ramsbiria, the Latin term for Ramsbury.[4]


References

  1. "Catholic Saints". Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  2. "Ramsbury Raven". 21 January 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  3. "Rt Rev. Stephen Wright". Catholic Bishops' Conference. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

Further reading

  • Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961



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